Melanie’s POV
My name is Melanie. Melanie Davis. I play softball and I love to sing. I have uploaded videos of myself on youtube, but they don’t really get noticed, and I’m fine with that. I have almost 1,000 subscribers. I upload videos of whatever song I feel like singing that day. I can’t play any instruments, but I used to play piano.
It is currently the middle of my junior year of high school. I am 17 years old, and my birthday is on October 18th.
“Hey Mel” my best friend Sarah said. We had been best friends for 10 years now, since I had moved to Ohio.
“Hey gurl hey” I said smiling.
“So, did your parents answer?” She asked. I had asked my parents if we could go to England to study over the summer. They gave me an answer, but I didn’t want to tell her.
“Yeah, they did” I sighed. “THEY SAID YES!!!!” We were so excited to go to England. That is actually number two on my bucket list. Number one is meet One Direction, but I gave up on that hope about a year and a half ago. We started jumping around the hallway, which was entirely empty now that the day was over. I gave her a ride home, picked up my sister Erin, and we went home. Our parents hadn’t arrived yet, so we just started working on our homework.
“I’m going to the bank then the mall Erin, see you in a bit!” I yelled to her, walking out the door.
“Wait, take me with you. You’ll need a second opinion!!!” She yelled back.
I drove to the bank, got some money, and headed to the mall. “You’ll need some new clothes if you’re going to England for 4 months without me” She smirked. I didn’t reply, just rolled my eyes. We walked into Deb for some new tank tops and shorts, then to random stores. I ended up carrying 10 bags, Erin carrying 6. Yeah, I bought a lot of clothes. I had managed to save about $6,000 from working last summer. The first thing I bought were tickets to a One Direction concert for Sarah and I.
We got home, and smelled dinner cooking. “Hi Mom!” We both yelled.
“Hi girls!” She had also let our dogs out of the basement. We have 3 golden retrievers, and one saint bernard.
“When will dad get home?” Erin asked.
“In about 20 minutes.” Mom answered.
“Hey mom, I’m gonna go record something.” I ran up the stairs, and into my room. I picked out the song I was feeling like singing today, and clicked record.
Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey's head?
And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out
And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times
I wonder if it's too late
Should I go back and try to graduate?
Life's better now than it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down
We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel
Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it
If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me...
I uploaded the video, and went downstairs to eat. This happened almost every day. After dinner, I grabbed my laptop and went on twitter. I didn’t read much stuff from my fans on youtube, but I read a few. Nobody really gave me negative comments on twitter. If they were following me, they were usually pretty nice. Then I saw a few tweets from the One Direction boys. I read through them and shut my computer. After a couple of hours of doing nothing I went to bed. I woke up and checked on my youtube video. Nothing new, maybe a couple of subscribers.
The days continued on and on. Almost the exact same thing everyday, until softball season. Then I just played the game and did the same thing. This continued until the end of May, when school was ending. About 3 days before school was ending, I began packing for the trip.
The next day, I went through the school day, thinking about how much fun we would have in England. At the end of the day, Sarah and I went to her house to pack for her.
After a bit, I went back home and finished packing for myself. Tomorrow was the last day of school, and I had to look my best. Giddy about going to England in two days, I didn’t sleep at all. I stopped at Starbucks on my way to school, and the day went by really quickly. I went to bed early, since the flight was at like 6 am. My whole family came to the airport to say goodbye, Sarah’s doing the same. We did all the usual airport stuff, and boarded the plane to England.